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The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research is a Canadian charitable foundation whose goal is to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS and develop funding sources to support HIV/AIDS research activities conducted by others that the organization recognizes as achieving the greater potential for the long-term goal of a cure. CANFAR is the only privately funded, national charity dedicated solely to advancing research in the area of HIV/AIDS. ==History== CANFAR was created in 1985 by three friends (Dinah Koo, Van Beltreme, Jack Creed and Robert Mang) in an effort to support HIV/AIDS research that would lead to a cure since Canada’s emerging HIV/AIDS organizations primarily dealt with the, just as significant, need to care and support people living with the disease.canada has not face a great number of aids quantity in comparison to is neighbour country, United States. Three doctors and scientists, Dr. Mary Fanning, Dr. Michael Baker and Dr. Norbert Gilmore were brought on board to scientifically determine which research projects were most promising and deserving of funding. CANFAR was incorporated in 1987. Cornelia Molson was Founding President and Robert Ross became the charity’s founding Executive Director. In 1987, CANFAR held the first Food for Thought gala dinner, raising over $150,000 for HIV/AIDS research. This event has grown and changed over the years, but is an integral part of CANFAR’s fundraising efforts. Prominent philanthropist Bluma Appel joined CANFAR’s Planning Committee, later becoming a creator of a Board of Advisors and a Junior Committee, as well as acting as Chair of the Executive Committee until her death in 2007. In 1989, the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) was organized to identify the most promising HIV/AIDS research projects and providing them funding. Dr. Gilmore headed up this group and in 1989, CANFAR announced the its first seventeen grant recipients. That year, CANFAR gave $184,445 to HIV/AIDS research projects across Canada. CANFAR continued to grow its funding capabilities with its Outreach to Industries campaign, securing the support of both the banking and insurance industries. The new support enabled CANFAR to grant its first Canadian Industry Research Award (CIRA) to Dr. Tak Mak in the amount of $100,000. With to the renewed support of major supporters, CANFAR awarded a second CIRA to Dr. Frank Plummer in 1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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